Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Adam Gilchrist †	run out (Vaas)	99	88	122	14	2	112.50

Matthew Hayden	c Tillakaratne b Muralidaran	22	34	50	3	0	64.70

Ricky Ponting (c)	c †Sangakkara b Fernando	114	109	130	8	4	104.58

Damien Martyn	b Fernando	52	58	76	1	0	89.65

Darren Lehmann	c de Silva b Fernando	10	10	21	1	0	100.00

Ian Harvey	not out	5	3	6	1	0	166.66
Michael Bevan	not out	1	1	3	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 4, nb 7, w 5)	16
Total	50 Ov (RR: 6.38, 205 Mins)	319/5
Did not bat Brad Hogg, Brett Lee, Andy Bichel, Glenn McGrath
Fall of wickets 1-75 (Matthew Hayden, 12.2 ov), 2-181 (Adam Gilchrist, 29.5 ov), 3-293 (Ricky Ponting, 45.4 ov), 4-313 (Damien Martyn, 49.1 ov), 5-314 (Darren Lehmann, 49.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	8	0	59	0	7.37	26	1	2
Pulasthi Gunaratne	6	0	46	0	7.66	15	0	0
Aravinda de Silva	5	0	36	0	7.20	9	0	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	10	0	47	1	4.70	32	1	1
12.2 to ML Hayden, inside edge onto pads, pops up in the air, Tillakaratne grabs a very good catch at short cover. 75/1
Russel Arnold	2	0	21	0	10.50	5	1	0
Dilhara Fernando	9	0	47	3	5.22	21	1	0
45.4 to RT Ponting, short delivery quicker one, misses a pull shot, top edge ball baloons high up in the air, Sangakkara takes a good catch behind the stumps. 293/3 49.1 to DR Martyn, tries to work the ball away, misses the line, ball shattered the stumps. 313/4 49.3 to DS Lehmann, powerfully hit going for a big one, but finds de Silva at mid wicket, remarkable catch. 314/5
Sanath Jayasuriya	10	0	59	0	5.90	26	1	0

Sri Lanka (T: 320 runs from 50 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marvan Atapattu	c & b Lee	16	24	46	3	0	66.66

Sanath Jayasuriya (c)	retired hurt	1	5	7	0	0	20.00
Hashan Tillakaratne	b McGrath	21	41	51	3	0	51.21

Mahela Jayawardene	c †Gilchrist b Lee	0	3	8	0	0	0.00

Aravinda de Silva	c & b Hogg	92	94	138	9	4	97.87

Russel Arnold	lbw b Lee	1	6	6	0	0	16.66

Kumar Sangakkara †	run out (Hogg)	20	38	53	2	0	52.63

Chaminda Vaas	lbw b Hogg	21	45	37	2	0	46.66

Muthiah Muralidaran	c Lee b Lehmann	4	5	5	0	0	80.00

Dilhara Fernando	lbw b McGrath	9	13	40	2	0	69.23

Pulasthi Gunaratne	not out	15	15	12	3	0	100.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 8, nb 3, w 6)	23
Total	47.4 Ov (RR: 4.67, 205 Mins)	223
Fall of wickets 0-6* (Sanath Jayasuriya, retired not out), 1-42 (Marvan Atapattu, 9.5 ov), 2-46 (Mahela Jayawardene, 11.2 ov), 3-47 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 12.3 ov), 4-48 (Russel Arnold, 13.3 ov), 5-100 (Kumar Sangakkara, 26.1 ov), 6-144 (Chaminda Vaas, 36.4 ov), 7-149 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 37.4 ov), 8-203 (Aravinda de Silva, 44.1 ov), 9-223 (Dilhara Fernando, 47.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	9.4	1	25	2	2.58	45	3	0
12.3 to HP Tillakaratne, pitches on off, swings in, tries to defend it, caught in the crease, beaten between bat and pads, ball hit the off stumps. 47/3 47.4 to CRD Fernando, again fuller length, hits on boot, this time right infront of wicket, umpire say out. 223/9
Brett Lee	10	1	52	3	5.20	44	2	3
9.5 to MS Atapattu, tries to drive it on the off side, misstimed it and went in the air back to bowler, Lee catch it well diving forward. 42/1 11.2 to DPMD Jayawardene, short and fast ball, swings away, tries to defend it, big edge in the hand of Gilchrist. 46/2 13.3 to RP Arnold, pitches up, caught him in the crease, hit in front off middle stumps, on pads, ball swings in the air. hudge appeal for lbw, Shepered finger goes up, well bowled by Lee, pitches two short one and than last one right in the toe. 48/4
Ian Harvey	7	0	29	0	4.14	25	0	0
Andy Bichel	7	1	32	0	4.57	26	1	0
Brad Hogg	9	1	45	2	5.00	35	0	0
36.4 to WPUJC Vaas, quick wrong one, plays off the backfoot, hits on pad, plumb infront. 144/6 44.1 to PA de Silva, pitched up, tries to drive it on the off side, ball spins and get the inside part of the bat and went in the air in the hand of Hogg. 203/8
Darren Lehmann	5	0	26	1	5.20	14	0	0
37.4 to M Muralidaran, down on one knee hits high in the air to long on, Lee unders it and takes a good catch. 149/7

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4th (reserve) umpire: SA Bucknor (WI)

12th Men: JP Maher (Australia) and J Mubarak (Sri Lanka)

Australia 50 runs, 51 balls, 35 minutes 8x4

50 Partnership (Gilchrist/Hayden) 51 balls, 35 minutes, 8x4

When Gilchrist reached 38* he completed 5000 runs in ODIs

Australia 100 runs, 96 balls, 63 minutes, 15x4, 1x6

AC Gilchrist's highest score in World Cups (previous: 63 v Bangladesh at Chester-le-Street, 1999)

50 Partnership (Gilchrist/Ponting) 41 balls, 30 minutes, 4x4, 2x6

Australia 150 runs, 150 balls, 99 minutes, 17x4, 2x6

100 partnership (Gilchrist/Ponting) 96 balls, 63 minutes, 7 x4, 3x6

Ponting 50 runs, 66 balls, 81 minutes, 3x4, 1x6

Australia 200 runs, 205 balls, 135 minutes, 21x4, 4x6

50 Partnership (Ponting/Martyn) 43 balls, 29 minutes, 2x4, 2x6

Australia 250 runs, 247 balls, 159 minutes, 23x4, 5x6

Ponting 100 runs, 96 balls, 115 minutes, 6x6, 4x6

RT Ponting's highest score in World Cups (previous: 102 v West Indies at Jaipur, 1995/96)

100 Partnership (Ponting/Martyn) 82 balls, 48 minutes, 6x4, 3x6

Australia 300 runs, 293 balls, 191 minutes, 26x4, 6x6

DR Martyn's highest score against Sri Lanka in ODIs (previous: 48 at Perth, 1998/99)

Martyn 50 runs, 56 balls, 75 minutes, 1x4

CRD Fernando's best bowling against Australia in ODIs (previous: 1/46 at Sydney, 2002/03)

CRD Fernando's best bowling in World Cups (previous: 2/4 v Canada at Paarl, 2002/03)

ST Jayasuriya retired hurt at 6/0 (1*, 5 balls, hit by a rising ball from Lee)

With the wicket of HP Tillakaratne, GD McGrath became the leading wicket-taker for Australia against Sri Lanka in ODIs (previous: 29 wkts, jointly held with SK Warne)

When PA de Silva reached 34* he became the leading run scorer for Sri Lanka in World Cups (previous: 969 runs, A Ranatunga)

Sri Lanka 50 runs, 100 balls, 79 minutes, 6x4

50 Partnership (de Silva/Sangakkara) 75 balls, 51 minutes, 5x4, 1x6

Sri Lanka 100 runs, 163 balls, 119 minutes, 11x4, 1x6

Sri Lanka 150 runs, 236 balls, 167 minutes, 15x4, 1x6

PA de Silva 50 runs, 69 balls, 116 minutes, 6x4, 1x6

PA de Silva and CRD Fernando's partnership set a new 8th wicket partnership record for Sri Lanka against Australia in ODIs (previous: 44 ST Jayasuriya and RJ Ratnayake at Adelaide, 1989/90)

Sri Lanka 200 runs, 269 balls, 186 minutes, 20 x 4, 3x 6

50 Partnership (de Silva/Fernando) 35 balls, 21 minutes, 5x4, 3x6

Australia extend their record winning streak in ODIs to 13 consecutive victories

Match Details

GroundSuperSport Park, Centurion

TossAustralia, elected to bat first

Series

ICC World Cup

Sri Lanka tour of South Africa

Season2002/03

Player Of The Match

Ricky Ponting